The Intrepid Introvert is one woman's year-long expedition to get out of her routine and shake up her life, one week at a time.

Mar 9 Scoring: The Rules of the Game

Let’s be nerdy and add some quantitative measurement to this project, shall we?

The number-one goal of this year is to do one thing outside my routine every week. For an introvert like myself, each kind of activity and interaction has a different magnitude on the comfort-zone scale.

This is a positive challenge to myself, so every activity has at least a +1 measure of value. For that, you’ll see at the most basic level, “Left the house” gets +1 point. “Did something entirely new” also gets +1 point. What else?

Did something outside my routine: +1

Left the house: +1

Did something entirely new: +1

Activity benefits my health/wellbeing: +1

Burned real calories (so I got some exercise): +1

Signed up for an activity without knowing anyone else involved: +2 [added May 2]